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he served in the clinton white house for he worked on international trade policy. welcome to "democracy now!" first explain this word that is coming into the vocabulary with this meeting just recently, what the sequestration mean? >> thank you for having me. it means automatic across-the- board cuts made in government spending. as the president pointed out their indiscriminate because they are across the board. they're the result of compromises in washington that could have been made in terms of finding a way to do our budget in such a way to get us to a long-term management of our debt without indiscriminate cuts. so that is what sequestration is and what it means. because of the way the budget is set up, most of those cuts fall on areas that are call discretionary spending because they're not said by a formula set revenues and expenditures like social security, medicare, and others. those are the areas that target the programs that focus on economic opportunity that help the working poor and give average americans a shot and making it. in critical areas, as you s
he served in the clinton white house for he worked on international trade policy. welcome to "democracy now!" first explain this word that is coming into the vocabulary with this meeting just recently, what the sequestration mean? >> thank you for having me. it means automatic across-the- board cuts made in government spending. as the president pointed out their indiscriminate because they are across the board. they're the result of compromises in washington that could have been...
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minister, john kerry vowed a decision in the near term. >> with respect to the keystone, secretary clinton has put in place a very open and transparent process, which i am committed to seeing through, i can guarantee that it will be fair and transparent, accountable. and we hope we will be able to be in a position to make an announcement in the near term. i will not hand out precisely when, but i say in the near term. >> a new report has found china and other countries are engaging in rampant cyber attacks against u.s. businesses and institutions for potential economic gain. according to the washington post, a national intelligence estimate warns the u.s. is "the target of a massive, sustained a spinoff campaign threatening the country's economic competitiveness." attacks from china have been the most widespread with other countries, including russia, france, and israel. the potential cost of the hacks has been estimated in tens of billions of dollars. china's attacks are at dylan with effort technology. the obama administration recently granted itself broad authority to carry out cyberatt
minister, john kerry vowed a decision in the near term. >> with respect to the keystone, secretary clinton has put in place a very open and transparent process, which i am committed to seeing through, i can guarantee that it will be fair and transparent, accountable. and we hope we will be able to be in a position to make an announcement in the near term. i will not hand out precisely when, but i say in the near term. >> a new report has found china and other countries are engaging...
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we have gone backwards from the clinton era when we had an assault weapons ban. there was a change in the language nationally. perhaps more important, there are an awful lot of people now outside of government, elected officials, pushing on this issue. cathy cohen, her organization is an example. there are many across the country. if we can begin to change this done and violence culture in this country, we may be able to make some headway. >> we are going to move onto the economy after the break. we are to ask cathy cohen and bob herbert to stay with us. we are going to talk about afghanistan. we will also be joined later by aura bogado to talk about what president obama did not say about immigration. [♪] >> "shiny happy people" by r.e.m. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> president obama opened his state of the user with a call to revive the middle class. congress to back his proposals. >> businesses have created over 6 million new jobs. we buy more american cars and we have been five years. and less for oil
we have gone backwards from the clinton era when we had an assault weapons ban. there was a change in the language nationally. perhaps more important, there are an awful lot of people now outside of government, elected officials, pushing on this issue. cathy cohen, her organization is an example. there are many across the country. if we can begin to change this done and violence culture in this country, we may be able to make some headway. >> we are going to move onto the economy after...
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and some of the key democratic leaders both the president and obama -- president obama and hillary clinton as well. >> it is important to recognize that we no longer have or can have faith that corporations are not going to stop themselves from making record profits, obviously, so they're not going to stop themselves and i don't think we can have faith the government has the mechanism to stop these things either, since citizens united and corporations can put money in the pockets of our politicians. i think it is incumbent upon us, upon citizens, to show up and stand up and take action such as the brave move the sierra club has stepped up to and this demonstration that will happen on the 17th and speakout and let their voices be heard. the polls show the majority of people in this country are very, very concerned about the climate crisis. and they want action. and so the only way that is going to happen is if we insist upon it. president obama again and again says, "pushback me." we need to push him and let ourselves be heard. >> last night there was very little attention paid to this prot
and some of the key democratic leaders both the president and obama -- president obama and hillary clinton as well. >> it is important to recognize that we no longer have or can have faith that corporations are not going to stop themselves from making record profits, obviously, so they're not going to stop themselves and i don't think we can have faith the government has the mechanism to stop these things either, since citizens united and corporations can put money in the pockets of our...
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former massachusetts senator john kerry is due to be confirmed as secretary of state today as hillary clinton steps down. on wednesday, he bid farewell to the senate where he served since 1985. >> standing here at this desk that once belonged -- at this desk that once belonged to president kennedy and ted kennedy, i cannot help but be reminded that even our nation's greatest leaders and all of the rest of us are merely temporary workers. i am reminded this chamber is a living museum, a lasting memorial to the miracle of the american experiment. >> senator john kerry saying goodbye to the senate. a new united nations report has strongly condemned israeli settlements in the west bank, saying they violate the geneva convention and must be dismantled immediately or israel could potentially face charges. the u.n. human rights council says he's ready israeli settlements are -- israel boycotted the council's review of its human rights record this week, becoming the first country ever to do so. in egypt, thousands of protesters are gathering across the country today for a day of action against presid
former massachusetts senator john kerry is due to be confirmed as secretary of state today as hillary clinton steps down. on wednesday, he bid farewell to the senate where he served since 1985. >> standing here at this desk that once belonged -- at this desk that once belonged to president kennedy and ted kennedy, i cannot help but be reminded that even our nation's greatest leaders and all of the rest of us are merely temporary workers. i am reminded this chamber is a living museum, a...
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you cannot get through the brennans and the clappers and the hillary clintons and the bob gates and leon panettas and penetrate the bubble inside, do you understand what you're doing both to american civil liberties and the rest of the world's appreciation of america with these increased drone strikes that seem to have an endless vista for future? this is incredible. and yet i know how these things happen. i know how these bubbles create themselves from the president and cease and stop any kind of information getting through that would alleviate or change the situation, make the discussion more fundamental about what we're doing in the world. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, your against the confirmation of john brennan as director of central intelligence? >> i think we ought to have a really, really hard discussion about what he represents and what -- because he represented, will probably take to the directorship of the cia. >> we will leave it there. >> i would like to invite colonel wilkerson to go to rootsaction.org and sign up for action alerts today to challenge the nomination of joh
you cannot get through the brennans and the clappers and the hillary clintons and the bob gates and leon panettas and penetrate the bubble inside, do you understand what you're doing both to american civil liberties and the rest of the world's appreciation of america with these increased drone strikes that seem to have an endless vista for future? this is incredible. and yet i know how these things happen. i know how these bubbles create themselves from the president and cease and stop any kind...